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Johanna Bell Johanna Bell i(6017457 works by)
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BiographyHistory

Johanna Bell lives in Darwin.

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Awards for Works

form y separately published work icon In My Own Skin ( dir. Huni Bolliger et. al. )agent Australia : 2019 21767463 2019 single work film/TV

'In My Own Skin tells the story of Aboriginal woman Elliana Lawford’s moving tale about shedding her cultural shame. In inky blue animation, we travel with Elliana through her childhood on Awabakal land, across tumultuous schoolyard politics and upward to Darwin, where Eliana is confronted by the very thing she’s been trying to outrun.'

Source: NT Travelling Film Festival (http://www.nttravellingfilmfestival.com/2020-films). (Sighted: 11/5/2021)

2020 winner Capricornia Film Awards Best Animation
2020 winner Capricornia Film Awards Best Short Film : Documentary
y separately published work icon Cheeky Dogs : To Lake Nash and Back Crows Nest : Allen and Unwin , 2019 15785276 2019 single work autobiography children's

'Meet deaf artist, Dion Beasley, and the people he calls family. Dodging road trains by day and giant blue monsters at night, Dion weaves his way through life on an electric scooter, collecting rocks and dogs to make art. In his dreams, he sees animals from overseas and his mother's country, Lake Nash, but every morning, without fail, he puts on his favourite socks and gets ready to feed the dogs. Is it time yet?'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

2020 shortlisted Prime Minister's Literary Awards Children's Fiction
2020 shortlisted Speech Pathology Australia Book of the Year Awards Indigenous Children
2020 shortlisted Speech Pathology Australia Book of the Year Awards Eight to 10 Years
2020 longlisted APA Book Design Awards Best Designed Children's Non-Fiction Illustrated Book designed by Ruth Gruener.
y separately published work icon Go Home, Cheeky Animals! Crows Nest : Allen and Unwin , 2016 9320530 2016 single work picture book children's

'In this lively follow-up to Too Many Cheeky Dogs, the camp is invaded by all kinds of cheeky feral animals who are finally chased away by the resident cheeky dogs.

'At Canteen Creek where we live, there are cheeky dogs everywhere. But when the cheeky goats, donkeys, buffaloes and camels make mischief in the camp, the dogs just lie there - until those pesky animals really go too far. Then the cheeky camp dogs roar into action!' (Publication summary)

2018 winner Territory Read Book of the Year Young Adult / Children
2017 winner CBCA Book of the Year Awards Book of the Year: Early Childhood
2017 CBCA Book of the Year Awards Notable Book
2016 shortlisted Speech Pathology Australia Book of the Year Awards Best Book for Language Development – Indigenous Children
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